I haven't watched many episodes of Grey's Anatomy. The few episodes I've watched have been pretty much ridiculous. Perhaps it's because I've kind of soured on the entire genre of medical shows.

I recall St Elsewhere as one of my favs.

In that one, there was a subway [or BART or whatever Seattle has] accident, and a steel pole rams through both a young white girl and middle aged black man, conjoining them through their chests. its obvious both can't survive. Pretty intense.

I'd submit that for all the Sopranos and The Shield did, ER was the genesis of the golden age of TV. And the first 2 seasons of Grey's Anatomy is epic TV, no matter how melodramatic it got subsequently. EPIC TV. I probably cried every 3 episodes at least. And I'm talking wailing and curling up on my bed. If you can suppress your souring on the genre, I'd recommend go back there.

Good God...
I thought I was the only person on earth who remembered that.

I did did recall that one, but if I was going with the titans of the industry, I'd pick this one over the other ones I did first

A comedy where a lead actor's best friend was the Greek chorus for the whole episode, only to find out he;d been dead the whole time and the lead character was in denial the whole time. Great angle.

Silly and funny throughout than a gut punch at the end. Wow

"Where do think we are?" - ****ing WOW, that's a moment that simultaneously makes you want to curl in a corner and want it all to end and go out and express your love to everyone important in your life.

In that one, there was a subway [or BART or whatever Seattle has] accident, and a steel pole rams through both a young white girl and middle aged black man, conjoining them through their chests. its obvious both can't survive. Pretty intense.

I'd submit that for all the Sopranos and The Shield did, ER was the genesis of the golden age of TV. And the first 2 seasons of Grey's Anatomy is epic TV, no matter how melodramatic it got subsequently. EPIC TV. I probably cried every 3 episodes at least. And I'm talking wailing and curling up on my bed. If you can suppress your souring on the genre, I'd recommend go back there.

Michael Chrichton and John Wells, the writing alone.

Then Shonda Rimes.

Titans IMO, up there with Milch and WAAAAAY the **** ahead of Sorkin.

That episode sounds fairly reminicent to the very early Homicide: Life On The Street episode (those were so good with Yaphett Koto) where a man is impaled on a subway. Probably the best show of the lot.

I had forgotten Crichton was one of the original writers. You have convinced me to give it a second shot.

That episode sounds fairly reminicent to the very early Homicide: Life On The Street episode (those were so good with Yaphett Koto) where a man is impaled on a subway. Probably the best show of the lot.

I had forgotten Crichton was one of the original writers. You have convinced me to give it a second shot.

The guy trapped was Vincent D'Onofrio before L&O CI. Making his transfer from movie icon in FMJ to TV icon in L&OCI.